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Euphractus (six-banded armadillo)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Taxonomy
Euphractus was named by Wagler (1830). It is extant.

It was assigned to Euphractini by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Dasypodidae by Carroll (1988) and Salles et al. (2006).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Euphractus Wagler
1988Euphractus Carroll
1997Euphractus McKenna and Bell p. 85
2006Euphractus Salles et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Americatheria
Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
Dasypodoidea(Gray 1821)
familyDasypodidae()
genusEuphractusWagler 1830

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Euphractus Wagler 1830 [six-banded armadillo]
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Euphractus sexcinctus Linnaeus 1758 [six banded armadillo]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available